Let’s Clean it up! Hand me the bar of Bigfoot.

OnAugust 7, 2016

Surrounded by State and National Parks on three sides and the Pacific Ocean on the other, Orick is a small town on the coast of Extreme Northwest California about an hour south of Oregon. The name “Orek” is the Yurok work for the sound that frogs make. Frogs are an indication of the health of a watershed. You can tell by the sounds of all those frogs that we live in a special place! This is the beginning of the Pacific Northwest where the land is green and we wear coats all year. It is of utmost importance that we keep our environment clean and healthy. With only 325 humans and 3000 Roosevelt elk in this zip code, we are blessed to be able to live and work in such a natural environment.

Orick Soap Company is a partnership of two families who want to tread lightly on our planet and give their children a healthy, sustainable future. Clean air, clean water and happy frogs are of utmost importance to us.

Biodegradable soap with compostable labels

Our soaps have no artificial ingredients, no artificial color, no perfumes and no crap! You’ll find our soaps are gentle on your skin, get you really clean and leave you feeling fresh. 100% Biodegradable, has a compostable label and you can even wash your hair with it!

Toss the shampoo, conditioner and body wash and just use a bar of Bigfoot Soap!

Commercial ‘Green’ Printing

Today, companies, cities and non-profits see the benefit in green printing: From meeting packaging laws on compostability and recycling, to the obvious branding opportunities. From USA Pavilion World Expo 2015 to World Centric, companies, colleges and cities buy and prefer ‘green’ when given a choice.

Today, the choices of ‘green’ stocks, methods of ‘green’ printing, ‘green’ certification bodies require an education in itself: Biopolymers, tree-free, stone, cellulose.
Now, large and small, Religious, Environmental, Animal and Scientific Groups/Organizations/Faiths are concerned and advocating for sustainability and against water pollution, plastics/degradation of plastic and it’s affect on animals and humans. Your Company's Printing is a necessity, but where is the stock printed on coming from? China, Taiwan, Canada, Indonesia or the U.S. of A? If the paper is coming from Indonesia or Canada, for instance, it's quite probably contributing to deforestation which, in turn, is contributing to the extinction of the native species, i.e., orangutan, tiger population.

Deforestation, extinction, this list goes on and on and out to an increasingly well-informed public. Clients and customers are demanding to know how the Companies products are printed and packaged. Are the inks petroleum or vegetable-based? Are your inks low V.O.C. (volatile organic compounds)? Is your paper and packaging FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), SFI (Sustainably Forestry Initiative) or BEP (Best Environmental Practices) Certified? Was it Made Carbon Neutral? Are your labels compostable?!!!

Since 2003 Plan It Green Printing has been helping companies green their print practices.